Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Strengthen
yourselves
, sons of Benjamin ,
From the
midst
of
Jerusalem ,
And
in Tekoa blow
ye
a trumpet,
And
over Beth- Haccerem
lift
ye
up
a
flame
, For evil
hath
been
seen
from the north, And
great destruction.
“Run
for
cover
, O
sons of Benjamin ;
flee
from Jerusalem !
Sound
the
ram’s
horn
in Tekoa ;
send
up
a signal
over Beth- haccherem
, for disaster
looms
from the north, even
great destruction.
The
comely
and the
delicate one
I
have
cut
off
, The daughter of Zion.
Though
she
is
beautiful
and delicate, I
will
destroy
the Daughter of Zion.
Unto
her
come
do
shepherds and their droves,
They have
stricken
tents by
her round
about
, They
have
fed
each `in'
his own station.
Shepherds and their flocks
will
come
against
her;
they will
pitch
their
tents all
around
her, each tending
his own portion:
Sanctify
ye
against her the
battle,
Rise ,
and
we
go
up at noon. Wo
to us, for turned
hath
the day,
For
stretched
out
are
the shades
of
evening ,
‘Prepare
for
battle
against her ;
rise up ,
let
us
attack
at noon. Woe
to us, for the daylight
is
fading;
the evening shadows
grow
long.
`
Rise ,
and
we
go
up by night ,
And we
destroy her palaces.'
Rise up ,
let
us
attack
by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
For thus
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: Cut down her
wood,
And pour
out
against Jerusalem a
mount,
She
`is'
the
city to
be inspected,
Wholly
--
she
is oppression in her midst.
For this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
Cut down the
trees
and raise
a
siege
ramp
against Jerusalem .
This
city must
be punished;
there
is nothing
but
oppression in her midst.
As the
digging
of
a well ,
is
`for'
its waters
, So she hath
digged
`for'
her wickedness,
Violence and spoil
is
heard
in her ,
Before
My
face
continually
`are'
sickness and smiting
.
As a well gushes
its water
, so she pours
out
her evil.
Violence and destruction
resound
in her ;
sickness and wounds
are
ever
before
Me
.
Be instructed
, O Jerusalem, Lest
My
soul
be
alienated
from thee,
Lest
I make thee
a desolation, a land not
inhabited
.
Be forewarned
, O Jerusalem, or
I
will
turn
away
from you;
I will
make you
a desolation, a land without
inhabitant
. ”
Thus
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: They
surely
glean ,
as
a
vine,
the remnant of Israel ,
Put
back
thy
hand,
as a gatherer to
the baskets
.
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly
as
a vine.
Pass
your
hand
once
more
like
a
grape
gatherer over
the branches
. ”
To whom do
I speak,
and
testify,
and
they
hear
? Lo
, their ear
`is'
uncircumcised
, And
they are
not
able
to
attend
. Lo
, a
word of Jehovah
hath
been
to them for
a
reproach,
They delight
not
in it.
To whom can
I give
this
warning
? Who
will
listen
to
me?
Look
, their ears
are
closed
, so
they cannot
hear
. See
, the
word of the
LORD
has
become
offensive
to them ;
they find
no
pleasure
in it.
And
with
the
fury
of
Jehovah
I have
been
filled,
(
I have
been
weary
of containing,)
To
pour `
it '
on the suckling
in the street, And on the assembly
of
youths
together ,
For even
husband with
wife are
captured, An
elder
with
one
full
of
days,
But
I am
full
of
the
LORD’s
wrath;
I am
tired
of holding
it
back.
“
Pour it out
on the children
in the street, and on the young
men
gathered
together .
For both
husband and
wife will
be
captured, the
old
and
the
very
old
alike.
And
their houses have
been
turned to others, Fields and wives together
, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Their houses will
be
turned over
to others, their
fields and wives as
well
, for I will
stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
For from their
least unto
their
greatest, Every
one
is
gaining
dishonest
gain ,
And
from prophet even
unto
priest, Every
one
is
dealing
falsely,
“
For from the
least of
them
to
the
greatest, all
are
greedy
for
gain ;
from prophet to
priest, all
practice
deceit.
And
they heal
the
breach
of
the daughter
of my people slightly
, Saying, `
Peace, peace !'
and
there is no peace.
They dress
the wound
of My people with
very
little
care
, saying, ‘
Peace, peace ,’
when
there is no peace at
all
.
They were
ashamed when
they
did
abomination !
Yea
, they are
not
at all ashamed,
Yea,
blushing
they have
not known,
Therefore
they do
fall among those
falling,
In
the time
I have
inspected
them, They stumble
, said
Jehovah
.
Are
they ashamed of
the
abomination they
have
committed?
No
, they have
no
shame
at all ;
they do
not even
know
how
to
blush.
So
they will
fall among the fallen;
when
I punish
them, they will
collapse
, ”
says
the
LORD
.
Thus
said
Jehovah
: Stand ye
by
the ways
and
see,
and ask for paths of
old,
Where `
is '
this
--
the good way? and
go
ye
in it, And find rest for yourselves
. And
they say
, `
We do
not go.'
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
Stand at
the crossroads
and look.
Ask for the
ancient
paths :
‘
Where is the good way? ’
Then
walk
in it, and you
will
find rest for your
souls
. But
they said
, ‘
We will
not walk
in
it!’
And
I have
raised
up
for
you
watchmen, Attend
ye
to
the voice
of the trumpet
. And
they say
, `
We do
not attend.'
I appointed
watchmen over
you
and
said
, ‘Listen
for
the sound
of the ram’s
horn
. ’
But
they answered
, ‘
We will
not listen!’
Therefore hear, O nations, and know
, O company
, That
which
`is'
upon
them.
Therefore hear, O nations, and learn
, O congregations
, what
will
happen
to
them.
Hear, O earth ,
lo,
I am bringing evil
on this people, The fruit of their devices
, For
to
My
words
they gave
no attention ,
And My law
--
they
kick
against
it
.
Hear, O earth !
I am bringing disaster
on this people, the fruit of their own
schemes
, because
they have
paid
no attention to
My
word
and have
rejected
My instruction
.
Why
`is'
this
to Me ?
frankincense from Sheba cometh,
And
the
sweet cane from a land afar
off,
Your burnt -
offerings `
are '
not for
acceptance,
And
your sacrifices have
not been
sweet
to
Me.
What
use
to Me is
frankincense from Sheba or
sweet cane from a distant
land ?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do
not please
Me. ”
Therefore thus
said
Jehovah
: Lo,
I do
give
to
this
people
stumbling blocks ,
And
stumbled
against
them
have
fathers and sons together,
The
neighbour
and his
friend
do
perish.
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
I will
lay
stumbling blocks before
this
people;
fathers and sons alike
will
be
staggered;
friends
and neighbors
will
perish. ”
Thus
said
Jehovah
: Lo
, a
people
hath
come
from a
north country,
And
a great nation is stirred up from the sides
of the earth.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “Behold
, an
army
is
coming
from the
land
of
the
north ;
a great nation is stirred up from the ends
of the earth.
Bow and javelin
they take
hold
of,
Fierce
it
`is',
and they
have
no
mercy,
Their voice as
a
sea doth
sound
, And on
horses
they ride, set
in array
as
a
man
of
war,
Against thee
, O daughter of Zion.
They
grasp
the
bow and spear;
they are
cruel
and merciless.
Their voice roars
like
the
sea, and they ride upon
horses
, lined
up
like
men
in formation
against you
, O Daughter of Zion. ”
`
We have heard its
sound,
feeble
have
been
our hands ,
Distress
hath
seized
us, pain as
of a travailing
woman.
We have heard the
report;
our hands hang
limp.
Anguish
has
gripped
us, pain like
that
of a woman in
labor
.
Go
not forth
to the field,
And
in
the
way
walk
not ,
For a
sword
hath
the enemy ,
fear
`
is '
round
about
.
Do
not go
out
to the fields;
do
not walk
the
road.
For the enemy has
a
sword;
terror
is on
every
side
.
O daughter of My people, Gird
on
sackcloth ,
and roll thyself
in ashes, The
mourning
of
an only one
make
for
thee,
A
lamentation
most
bitter
, For suddenly come
doth
the spoiler
against
us.
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves
in
sackcloth and roll in ashes .
Mourn
with
bitter
wailing
, as
you
would
for
an only son
, for suddenly the destroyer
will
come
upon
us.
A
watch-tower
I have given
thee,
Among
My people a
fortress,
And
thou
knowest
, and hast
tried
their way
.
“
I have appointed
you
to
examine
My people like
ore
, so
you
may
know
and try
their ways
.
All of
them
are turned
aside
by
apostates
, Walking slanderously
--
brass
and iron ,
All of them are corrupters
.
All are hardened
rebels
, walking around
as
slanderers.
They
are
bronze
and iron ;
all of them are corrupt
.
The bellows have
been
burnt
, By
fire
hath
the lead been
consumed,
In vain hath
a
refiner
refined
, And
the wicked have
not been
drawn
away
.
The bellows blow
fiercely
, blasting
away
the lead with
fire.
The
refining
proceeds
in vain, for
the wicked are
not purged
.
`Silver
rejected,'
they have
called to
them
, For
Jehovah
hath
kicked
against
them !
They are
called rejected
silver
, because
the
LORD
has
rejected
them .”
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